In Person Event:
7400 East Orchard Road Suite 120 (Lower Level) Greenwood Village CO 80111
Description:
Unblocking AI: What We Can Learn from Agile Transformation Struggles
Most AI efforts don’t fail because of the tech. They fail because of the system around it. Sound familiar? It’s the same story we saw in Agile transformations—big promises, high hopes… and too often, superficial change and unrealized impact.
In this interactive talk, we’ll connect the dots between why Agile transformations struggled and why AI adoption is hitting the same walls. We’ll surface the six organizational blockers that hold AI back—misaligned strategies, weak data foundations, resistance to change, talent gaps, governance overload, and scaling failures—and compare them to the patterns many of us lived through in Agile.
You’ll learn to:
✅ Spot the warning signs of AI blockers before they stall progress
✅ Recognize the parallels with Agile transformations and how to avoid repeating the same mistakes
✅ Take away practical steps and simple tools to clear friction and accelerate AI’s impact in your organization
Who should attend this session?
Whether you’re leading AI initiatives, sponsoring investments, or simply curious about the organizational dynamics that make or break change, this session will give you new perspective—and a few tools you can apply tomorrow.
About Brad
Brad Swanson is a Leadership and Organizational Coach who guides organizations to achieve sustainably better results using Lean & Agile principles. He has been a trusted advisor for executives and organizations across the globe. He honed his own leadership skills as an Executive in the consulting and software industries.
Brad is a Certified Leadership Agility® 360 Coach, Certified Agile Leadership® (CAL) Educator®, Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST), Certified Agile Coach (Certified Enterprise Coach® - CEC), Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC), and Certified LeSS Practitioner (Large Scale Scrum). He is a member of the Agile Leadership Journey, a global federation of Leadership coaches. Brad has been an Agile practitioner since 1999, is former President of Agile Denver and co-founder of the Mile High Agile conference, and a speaker at international conferences including numerous Global Scrum Gatherings in the USA and Asia (8 times), Agile 20xx (4 times), Mile High Agile (7 times), Agile Tour Toronto, AgilePalooza, Agile Development Conference East & West, PMI Mile Hi Symposium, and many Meetups in the USA, South America and Asia.
Schedule:
5:30 - 6:10 PM Snacks, drinks and networking.
6:10 - 6:15 PM Quick Announcements/sponsor recognition
6:15 - 7:15 PM Presentation and Discussion
7:15- 7:30 PM Final Questions and Wrap Up
Sponsored by Innovar Group IT staffing. https://innovargroup.com/
